Gold Special Jury Award Wordfest Houston International Film Festival
Shroud of Christ Channel 4, WNET New York [PBS], 60 minutes
In 1988, carbon dating proved
beyond all doubt that the world's greatest religious relic, the
Shroud of Turin, was a fake. But 15 years later one woman's claims
were to throw the origins of the cloth wide open once again. While
restoring the aging material, Swiss textile expert Mechthild Flury-Lemberg
declared the weave of the fabric could only have originated during
the 1st century. The debate reignited... was the crucified body
of Christ really wrapped in this scared blood stained cloth? The
film takes a journey through history. It traces the Shroud's
path from Middle Eastern origins to its final resting place in
Turin, Italy. On the way... historians and scientists attempt
to answer the greatest mystery of all... how did the image of
a crucified man appear on the cloth?
